End-gate for wagons



(No Model.)

END GATE FER WAGONS.

ju eizzorx ja /M Patented Oct. 13, 1885..

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END- GATE FOR WAGONS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,295, dated October 13, 1885.

Application died July 17, 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EMORY Q. DARR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Shelbyville, in the county of Shelby and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in End-Gates for Wagons; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to ake an use the same,

reference being had to the accomp anyin g draw- 'ings, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon, this specification. I v

This invention relates to an improvement in end-gates for wagons, carriages, 850., the object being to provide a strong and ser viceable gate at as reasonable a cost as possible, and yet not to dispense with any advantages possessed by those of more expensive construction 5 and my ivention consists of a combination and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the annexed drawings, illustrating my invention, Figure 1 is a perspective of a part of the end-gate with a portion of the gate and wagon-body broken off. Fig. 2 is a side view of the rear part of a wagon provided with my improved end-gate, and Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the same.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in the several views. I

A represents an end-gat- ,or tail-board of any suitable and ordinary orm. G indicates the bottom of the wagon, and H H are the two sides of the same, between which the traitboard is placed. Suitable cleats, I, are ord; narily secured to the inner sides of v the wagonbody, against which the end-gate may rest and be kept perpendicular and immovable when locked. To the outer side of the endgate or tail-board A are attached iron bars or strips B B, screwed or riveted thereto, preferably curved in form, and fashioned on their lower ends with points or projections a a, ex tending below the edge of the gate A, and adapted to engage slotted spring bars beneath the wagon. The upper ends of the bars B B are formed with hooks I), made angular, so that their horizontahportions may" slide upon the sides of the wagon, and thus enable which form a part of Serial No. 171,862. (No model.)

the endgate to be conveyed out of its normal situation, as shown in Fig. 1, and entirely re moved when once unlocked, as will be hereinafter explained. These hooks b engage and interlock with other hooks, a, formed upon the upper extremities of curved bars F, which are secured to the sides of the wagon, as shown in Fig. 2. These bars F are screw-threaded at their lower ends and serve as bolts to fasten a crossbar, E, firmly to the bottom of the wagon. (See Fig. 3.) The bottom of the wagon is provided also with spring-bars D D,secured to said bottom at their inner ends by screws or other suitable means, and curved downward slightly at their outer ends, which are connected by a connecting-rod, O, which serves also as a handle for pressing the two spring-bars downward simultaneously. The bars D D pass through slots in the cross-beam E, which-are made sufficiently large to allow them to have a certain amount of play therein when manipulated by the handle-rod G, and the slots within the bar serve also to limit the extent of this play or movement. The bars D D are slotted at d d for engagement with the projections a a, as above stated, and the bottom .of the wagon-body is formed with slots 6, through which the projectionsa are allowed to pass. A handle, F, is preferably attached to the gate A for greater convenience in handling.

Ini op erating this gate it will be first placed in an approximately-horizontal position, so thatthe hook I) may engage with the hook c. The gate is then allowed to drop to near a perpendicalar position, when the projections or points a. a will rest upon the curved portion of the spring-bars D. Next, grasp the handle 1), and thrust the bottom of the gate inward, 1 allowing the points a to slide along the bars D, depressing the same until, at length, they reach and enter the slots d, when the springbars will spring back into their former position and lock the end-gate fast, which will now be vertical and resting on one side against the cleats I. When it is desired to disengage the tail-board,so as to remove it, the operator will grasp the rod 0 and press it downward with one hand, while with the other he seizes 1 the handle F and pulls the gate toward him, then lifts it up and disengages the hook, b and c.

Having thus described my invention, what tion, with a wagon-bottom, of the slotted I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters spring-bars D D, connecting-rod G, and slotted ?atent, is cross-beam E, substantially as and for the pur 1. The end-gate for wagons, carriages, 850., pose shown and described. 1'5 :onsisting of the gate A, provided with bars In testimony whereof I affix my signature in B 131;, gagingrhooks bdand grojeictirfislg, thg presence of two witnesses. 100 e ars secure to t e si es an ;he slotted spiing-bars D D, secured to the EMORY DARE" iottom of the same and connected by a rod, Witnesses: v 3, substantially as shown and described. J AMEs D. WALKER, 2. In an end-gate for wagons, the combina- L. T. MIGHENER. 

